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Climate change worse threat than Ukraine war: Hun Sen

https://asianews.network/climate-change-worse-threat-than-ukraine-war-hun-sen/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate


Nigerians buy one million air conditioners annually, says UN

“Thus becoming one of the fastest growing air conditioners and refrigerators market in the world. Unfortunately, most of the air conditioners utilised in the country have an energy efficiency ratio below internationally acceptable minimum energy performance standard

https://punchng.com/nigerians-buy-one-million-air-conditioners-annually-says-un/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Nigeria #Africa



☣️ Unsurprisingly, #Amazon continues its planet-destroying practices. Reporting today exposes them secretly spending massive amounts of money to fight a new law up for vote next week in #Oregon (US). The new rules would require large data centers and crypto miners to move to clean energy over the next 17 years.

⌛ Never mind we don't even have that long to stop irreversible #climate damage.

:boost_love: Please share widely to expose their evil, and #DitchAmazon.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2023/03/amazon-fights-oregon-data-center-clean-energy-bill.html


Warning that cost of failure to meet climate targets could hit €8bn by 2030

The figure is the cost of buying carbon credits to make up for failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with EU regulations, and making other compensatory payments for failing to meet EU renewable energy targets

https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/warning-that-cost-of-failure-to-meet-climate-targets-could-hit-8bn-by-2030-42406554.html

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Ireland


From John Pearce (@johnpearce650), we get this inspiring and highly informative article on the need for — and the beauty of — a smaller, sustainable, de-growth economy.
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"Small Is Still Beautiful"

Conventional economic growth has lifted billions out of poverty, but in the process caused grievous damage to the biosphere on which we all depend, asset-stripping the soil, forests, and oceans.

The obsession with ever-greater conventional growth is eating the foundations of our only home.

The challenge now is to see if we can find an economic system that can support both humanity and the needs of our living planet.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://medium.com/@johnpearce650/small-is-still-beautiful-dc1842bb3510

This is a must-read!

#Environment #Ecology #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #Economy #Economics #Politics #Degrowth
Doughnut economics is based on the concept that humanity can only thrive in a circular-shaped band, with the social foundations of that health in the middle, and the environmental threats and limits as a ceiling to that health outside. 
(That's the best I can do as a description; there's too much text to quote it all.)


Two photos, side by side. The first shows a factory seen at a distance, spewing smoky pollution (likely including CO2) into the air. Second photo shows a well-dressed woman walking across the tarmac toward a private jet, with three uniformed crew members waiting to greet her.


Colorful drawing by Nat Morley of a large and growing "tree" of life, a tree with leaves of all different kinds, and with many types of animals perched on the branches, including foxes, moose, parrots, squirrels, skunks, wolves, pandas, ostriches, cardinals, bears, goats, giraffes, kangaroos, penguins, cheetahs, and owls, among others. At the base of the tree are two humans, wielding axes, chopping deeply into the trunk, leaving the tree almost ready to come crashing down.


This great graphic from the IPCC via Sarah Colenbrander is a tough, tough reminder of the temperature increases future generations on this planet are facing.

Source: https://nitter.net/s_colenbrander/status/1638466975964733442

#Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Sustainability

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Last night, #scientists from @ScientistRebellion all over the world have blindfolded iconic statues demanding that world leaders face the facts and #TellTheTruth:
We’re in a #ClimateEmergency!

This is not just relevant to “the others” – #Denmark is a textbook example of irresponsible #climate policy. 1/n 🧵
Photo of The Little Mermaid status in Copenhagen blindfolded, with a sign that says "Don''t close your eye to climate science. Tell the truth."


Drought caused 43,000 ‘excess deaths’ in Somalia last year, half of them young children

There have now been six consecutive failed rainy seasons in the climate crisis-induced drought, which coincides with global food price rises, intensified insecurity in some regions, and the aftermath of the pandemic

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/mar/21/drought-caused-43000-excess-deaths-in-somalia-last-year-half-of-them-young-children

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #children #Somalia #Africa


You may have heard that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the #IPCC - released a new #climate report.

Here’s the most important take home:

There are *still* so many feasible & effective opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & adapt to #climatechange available right now.

Climate solutions will improve #food, energy & water security, benefit global health, promote equity, conserve biodiversity & boost the economy.
Read more: https://www.ipcc.ch/
Feasibility of climate responses and adaptation, and potential of mitigation options in the near-term. From the 6th IPCC report.


Thousands of birds die at important wetland, from deadly disease caused by pollution

Lake Waikare​, one of the world's most polluted lakes, was diverted into the wetland as part of a flood control scheme

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/486277/thousands-of-birds-die-at-important-wetland-from-deadly-disease-caused-by-pollution

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #NZ


Climate: Italy will have to cut 43.7% emissions by 2030

With the FitFor55 climate package, the EU has proposed an increase in the overall reduction effort from 30 to 40%. The objective has not been modified either by the EU Council or by the Eurochamber. For Italy, the reduction constraint thus increases from 33% to 43.7%

https://www.ruetir.com/2023/03/climate-italy-will-have-to-cut-43-7-emissions-by-2030-icona-news/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange #Climate #Italy #Europe


The heat wave in #argentina was so extreme (8ºC anomaly) that the meteorologic service had to add 2 more colors to the map
#climate #climatechange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.ellitoral.com/nacionales/clima-santa-fe-ola-calor-temperatura-extrema-servicio-meteorologico-nacional_0_4sQuPawsqv.html


The #Ocean InfoHub facilitates access to global oceans information, data and knowledge products for management and #sustainable development. https://github.com/iodepo/odis-arch @mapserving @fils #openscience #climate #sustainability


Hourly reanalysis data from ERA5, the fifth-generation global climate and weather reanalysis, is now available from 1940 to the present day!
This extends the ERA5 data record to over 83 years & is the backbone of many C3S products & services.

Figure below shows a 1941 storm over NW Spain - now resolved by ERA5

Learn more: https://climate.copernicus.eu/hourly-weather-and-climate-snapshots-now-available-1940?utm_source=social+media&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=news-ERA5-extention

#reanalysis #CopernicusClimate #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ECMWF #EarthObservation #ERA5 #OpenScience #OpenData


Ik ben van het jaar dat de 320 voor het eerst bereikt werd. Dit jaar zitten we op de 421 al.
Als je het vermogen hebt om te vatten wat een enorme verandering dit is in relatief korte tijd, dan lig je er net als ik vast ook wel eens wakker van.
#CO2 #climate https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/
Screenshot grafiek site keelingcurve met meetwaarden co2 in ppm sinds 1958 (315) tot nu (421)


Three quarters of institutional investors include fossil fuel bans in their climate policies

A new report has found that net zero investments in Australia have made “encouraging progress”, but more needs to be done if the country is to hit its 2030 decarbonisation milestones

https://reneweconomy.com.au/three-quarters-of-institutional-investors-include-fossil-fuel-bans-in-their-climate-policies/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Australia


"More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022"

Hard to know what the most shocking part of this story is, but just the idea that 25% of current warming is from methane and **40%** of that methane is from entirely avoidable fossil fuel facility leaks is horrifying. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points #methane #climate #fossilfuels
Sateliite imagery of plumes of leaked methane


The future is grim: Kenya will soon have no river, lake or water tower

Kenya is currently grappling with one of the worst drought seasons ever witnessed in 40 years

https://www.tuko.co.ke/editorial/opinion/496546-climate-change-kenya-rivers-bleeding-future-bleak/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Kenya #Africa


Coffee could disappear from shelves by 2050 as climate change concerns grow

Most at risk are coffee beans, cocoa and other foods grown in hotter climates which, Fairtrade Ireland has said could become "extremely rare" and "expensive treats" within the next 30 years

https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/food-drink-news/coffee-could-disappear-shelves-2050-29335208

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Coffee


How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2022

However, climate coverage still accounted for just around 1% of all corporate broadcast programming in 2022, a figure that is woefully inadequate

https://www.mediamatters.org/abc/how-broadcast-tv-networks-covered-climate-change-2022

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #broadcast #TV #USA #US


Trees improve our air & water. They reduce flooding & erosion, help address #climate change, conserve energy & create habitats for plants & animals. We’re fortunate to walk among them.
Walking amongst California redwoods.


Huh?
"manure is currently not an appropriate substitute for synthetic fertilisers" 💩 👀

"manure applied to soils has, on average, nearly double the emissions of synthetic fertilisers."

Weird, but at least 2,6 bn tonnes CO2e per year could drop to 0,5 bn tonnes by 2050 if everyone does the right thing.

#Farming #climate

https://www.carbonbrief.org/fertiliser-emissions-could-be-cut-to-one-fifth-of-current-levels-by-2050/


Which U.S. cities will fare best in a warming world — and which will be hit hardest?

A new report by Moody’s Analytics looks at the cities in the United States that are most vulnerable and resilient to climate change

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/23/us-cities-climate-vulnerability/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #USA #US


This ‘climate-friendly’ fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk

The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a climate-friendly initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/climate-friendly-us-program-plastics-fuel-cancer

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate


One less work day meant that employees spent about 21% reduction in the distance commuted to work

An earlier study by her even showed that a 10% working hour reduction equated to an 8.6% fall in carbon footprint

Also, carbon emissions related to the transmission and storage of data — which can consume as much electricity as 50,000 homes for large businesses — significantly dropped as well

When not working, these people tended to engage in pro-environmental

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/climate-change/news/2023-02-22-climate-benefits-seen-in-uks-4-day-work-week-trials

#climate

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